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Which Drug is Most Addictive? A List Ranking the Addictive Properties of Commonly Abused Drugs

Surfed across this today, and thought I would pass it along. It is a list ranking the addictive properties of various drugs. Drugs are ranked based on "how easy is it to get addicted?" and on "how tough is it to quit?"

These two questions were given to a community of addiction experts, who ranked each drug on a variety of measures. The scores below reflect the ranking scores offered by these addiction experts. The numbers are only relative opinions, and are based only on the experience and expertise of experts in the field. In other words – these are just opinion scores, but interesting none the less.

The Addiction Scores of Illicit or Abused Drugs

100 – Nicotine

99 – Ice, Glass (Methamphetamine smoked)

98 – Crack

93 – Crystal Meth (Methamphetamine injected)

85 – Valium (Diazepam)

83 – Quaalude (Methaqualone)

82 – Seconal (Secobarbital)

81 – Alcohol

80 – Heroin

78 – Crank (Amphetamine taken nasally)

72 – Cocaine

68 – Caffeine

57 – PCP (Phencyclidine)

21 – Marijuana

20 – Ecstasy (MDMA)

18 – Psilocybin Mushrooms

18 – LSD

18 – Mescaline

Research was conducted by John Hastings, and the full text article can be found at "In Health" journal.

That’s beacouse energy drinks/coffee is legal and cheap and is sold practically everywhere. I mean think of all the people drinking coffee, they get withdraval syndromes and cravings, all side effects of addiction(pls excuse my bad english)